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Volunteer Kaely Martinez, 11, assists Martha Vega with relief goods Oct. 24 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Las Marias, Puerto Rico. Vega's home was destroyed by Hurricane Maria more than one month ago. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Puerto Rico recovery effort shows ‘a church that walks with the poor’

Posted by - October 28, 2017
LAS MARIAS, Puerto Rico (CNS) — By joining forces to create coalitions on behalf of those who are suffering in the wake of Hurricane Maria, the Catholic Church in Puerto…
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Aid is delivered to a rural couple in Vasad, Hungary, Dec. 19, 2016. Pope Francis will celebrate a special Mass with the poor and people who assist them Nov. 19, the first World Day of the Poor. (CNS photo/Szilard Koszticsag, EPA)

Pope’s November-January schedule includes new World Day of the Poor

Posted by - October 28, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will celebrate a special Mass with the poor and people who assist them Nov. 19, the first World Day of the Poor. After the…
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John Patrick Murphy, a cemetery committee member at St. Mary of Sorrows Parish in Fairfax Station, Va., walks toward his grave plot Oct. 18. Dressed in Civil War-era garb, the history buff gives cemetery tours about the Second Battle of Manassas. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Two Virginia Catholic cemeteries have history on their side

Posted by - October 28, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) — Not only are cemeteries — and Catholic cemeteries in particular — a trove of history about the people who are interred there, but two in the…
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